Auxiliary seat for automobiles



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vltr-tits intima AUXIEIARY SEAT EUR AUTQMOBLES.

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To all 'wlw/mt may concer e it known that l, SULLivaN E. GiLLnr, a citizen o1c the United States, and a resident oi' the city of New York, borough or" the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State or' New York, have invented a new and lmprovec Auxiliary Seat for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. y

This inventionhas relation to seats and particular reference to an auxiliary seat for automobiles.

The principal object of the present invention is to providemeans for increasing the capacity of an automobile bythe provision of one `or more auxiliary or emergency seats which are adapted to be from and in front of the permanent seat.y i

las a further kobject the invention aims to provide an auxiliary seatfor an automobile which inno way interferes withthe regular seating capacity and which operates to comlortablyI accommodate additional passengers without crowding or discomfort to the occupants.

.s a further object the invention provides an auxiliary seat for automobiles which includes means of adjustment to render the same applicable to machines of various types and sizes.

As a still further object the invention contemplates an auxiliary or emergency seat which may be folded or collapsed to occupy a minimum amount of space when not in use whereby the same may be stored under the permanent or regular seat.

The invention Jfurthermore contemplates a seat of the character described which is extremely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and strong and durable, and which may be readily arranged in position or removed.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specilication, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view f o1 an automobile structure illust n tions 12 and ieee. sensi no; senese.l

rating an auxiliary seat constructed in accordance with the invention in its applied position.

,F ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through 'the seat removed.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, the auxiliary seat comprises abottom 10 to the under side of which at its forward end a leg 11 is pivotally attached. The eg 1l comprises' acpair'of sections 12 and 13 which are telescopically adjustable to increase or 4decrease tlie 'length of the leg.

The means of adjustment consists in providing in the confronting faces of the sec- 13 interengageableteeth 11i and includes clamping bandsl which surround the sections and havethreaded therethrough clamping screws 16. The leg 11 is preferably pivoted between the downturned spaced ears 17 ,at thevforward extremity of a strap 18, a Cotter pin or bolt 19 passing through the ears and the upper vextremity yof the leg. The lower extremity of the section 13 of the leg is preferably provided foot 20. The strap 18 is provided at its rear end with a downturned extremity 2i which is centrally slotted as at 22 from its lower end to receive and accommodate the clamping bolt 23 passed through the rear supporting bracket 24E. The rear supporting bracket is of angular formation and has attached to the rear extremity of its horizontal 25, a transverse bearing element 26 which is of angular construction and provided at its opposite extremities with downturned lugs 27 disposed in spaced relation to the vertical depending flangeof the element 26 to afford therebetween a receiving space which is designed to nt over the upwardly projecting flange A at the front of the rear seat B, said flange A being common to the rear seat construction of practically all automobiles. The winged nut 28 which engages the bolt 23 serves to hold the rear supporting bracket 24: in properly adjusted relation with respect to the seat bottom 10 and admits of the removal of the saine from the downturned extremity 21. A pivoted back rest 29 is associated with the seat and is designed to fold downwardly and forwardly over the seat bottom when the same is not in use. rlhe back rest consists of side arms 30 through which a transverse rod 31 passes, said rod being received in bearing eyes 32 attached to the under side of the seat. The lower ends of the side arms with a bearing 30 are connected by a crossbar 33 which engages and coacts with the vertical arm of the rear supporting bracket 24 to limit the rearward swinging of the back rest.

`In use or' the auxiliary seat, the bearing element 26 is engaged over the upwardly projecting flange A or the permanent seat structure B and the leg ll is adjusted to dispose the seat bottom l0' in a horizontal plane,

the seat being supported at its forward end by the leg ll and the rear end by the rear bearing bracket 24. Under this arrangement an extra passenger may be accommo` ,therefore obvious that a practical means for increasing ther seating capacity of the machine has been provided. When not in use the auxiliary seat may be compactly folded to occupy a minimum amount or space or stora e under one of the seats of the car.

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l. An'auxiliary seat prising a seat bottom for automobiles comhaving an extensible 'the rear end of said member,

supporting leg pivoted to and' depending trom its under forward end for engagement with the `floor of thevehicle, a vertically adjustable supporting bracket depending .from the under side of the seat bottom and including a rearwardly projecting portion, a laterally disposed bearing element carried by the rearend of the rearwardly projecting portion of the bracket, and means on said bearing element adapted .toengage over an upstanding flange at the front ot a per nianent seatrstructure to afford means for supporting the rear endor the auxiliary seat from the permanent seat and above the plane of the latter. i

2. fin auxiliary seat for automobiles comprising a seat bottom, a longitudinal member secured to the under side or the seat bottom, an extensible supporting leg pivotally attached to the orward end thereof, a vertically adjustable bracket attached to a rearwardly prlojecting portion on said bracket, a lateral y rear end ot said portion, and means onsaid bearing element adapted to embrace the upper edge er inanent seat an upstanding {lange of a perstructure to aord means for supporting the rear end of the seat there-vy from.

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